The Execution of the Emperor's Nine Clans

In the end, Mu Feng was lured to the Senate, where four War Gods were stationed to subdue him.

"Using me and then planning to betray me?" Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised by this turn of events.

He had considered the possibility of Dayan turning against him, but he didn't expect the Senate to act so quickly. Mu Feng's current status as an adherent of the Silent Master meant the Senate's bold move to capture him was a clear statement of their stance. Daring to confront a Taboo existence, Lu Xuan surmised they must have acquired some kind of trump card.

...

In the Dayan Dynasty, at the Tianyan Mountain Range, a mountaintop had been carved and hollowed out, forming a massive pit like the mouth of a volcano. The pit, a kilometer deep, housed a colossal altar.

On this altar lay an ancient skeleton, over ten meters long, markedly different from a normal human. Below the altar, twelve elderly men in luxurious robes smiled faintly.